Senior Care Blog

We all hear the phrase used as an excuse for a bit of memory lapse … that it’s just a “senior moment.”  It doesn’t seem to be ageist, because in older adult communities the phrase gets tossed around about...

…you know, the epidemic that predated this COVID pandemic … the one that will be made even worse by the COVID pandemic … the one for which there is no vaccine … the one that can result in dementia? ...

I am really, truly, seriously, absolutely in need of good news – heard news and herd news.  Today, I am happy to say that I can share good news about both!  Let me start with the first part  –...

Miss your friends, your older loved ones and those summer get togethers in the backyard?  We can get together at distance with friends and family in manageable numbers while maintaining distance, but there is no chatting around the water...

Dental health and mental health are linked.  That’s right, dental and mental well-being are medically linked.  I have posted a lot about dementia and how consuming too much alcohol, living in polluted air, sustaining a head injury, diet and...

We all have been in desperate need for a ray of sunshine during this COVID-19 quarantine.  Well, this week, we are told that a vaccine for COVID-19 has gone to phase 3 clinical trials.  These are the trials in...

When was the last time you studied after a test?  Or prepared your dinner after you had dined?  Or had a cup of coffee after you turned out the lights for the night?  No, you say, you have things...

For a pandemic and quarantine that has lasted about 18 weeks, it is safe to say that most of us are really feeling just a bit ready to be done with it, right?  One would think that also means...